We handle the HR. You run the business.

SHRM-certified HR Directors with 20+ years of experience, for companies of 5 to 400 people. Thirty years in the Southeast. Same Director every month.

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Employees. Drag to your size.

What we do

HR for every growing business, from 5 people to 400.

A fractional HR Director for a few hours a month. Recruiters for the day you need one full-time. Coverage for the day yours walks out. Every layer has a 20+ year, SHRM-certified Director behind it.

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HR Recruiting and HR Executive Search

Two recruiters and an HR Director on every search.

We only recruit HR, so we know what a good HR Manager looks like before the first interview. Part-time, full-time or executive: the search is scoped by a Director who has done the job, and you get a shortlist you would hire from.

Part-Time HR Search

20–65 employees

In-office HR presence without a full-time hire. We find the part-time Generalist; pair the role with HR Compass and a Director backs them up.

Full-Time HR Search

60–150 employees

Your first full-time HR Manager or Director. Recruiters with 10+ years in HR search who have sat in the seat themselves, so they know the difference between someone who ran payroll and someone who can run your people function.

HR Executive Search

125–400 employees · $150k and above

A confidential, retained search for CHROs and senior HR leaders. Two recruiters and an HR Director run it from scoping the role to the offer, and you see a shortlist you would hire from.

Confidential and retained. Your team hears about it when you want them to.
Leadership fit assessed by a Director who has held the seat, not assumed from a résumé.
5/5 Net Promoter Score from clients and from the candidates we place.

See which search fits

We also place Controllers, Bookkeepers, Directors of Operations and Executive Assistants. Same two recruiters, same HR Director.

Trusted by owners across the Southeast for 30 years

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“Their partnership has let us hand off the issues that are above our pay grade, so our organization and staff stay protected and, hopefully, flourishing.”

AngieChief of Staff, 24-person nonprofit

years of HR for growing businesses

20+

years' experience, every Director. SHRM-certified.

HR Compass pricing

Same HR Director every month. No hourly meter.

Three monthly plans. Every plan includes a dedicated 20+ year HR Director, manager training, HR roundtables and templates.

Bronze Compass

$500/month

3 hours of HR Director time a month

For teams that need a Director on call and the basics kept current.

Unlimited questions, answered within 24 hours
Handbook and policies kept current
Manager training twice a year
Quarterly roundtables, onboarding courses, HR templates

Start with Bronze

Hands-on HR in your office, for about half the cost of a full-time HR Manager.

A Part-Time HR Generalist handles the day-to-day. A 20+ year, SHRM-certified HR Director on HR Compass Gold handles the hard calls. Your Generalist is a W-2 employee on our payroll, so there is no employer burden on top.

$5,530/mo

combined run rate. About $66,360 a year, 49% less than a fully-loaded $100K HR Manager at roughly $10,830 a month.

Part-Time HR Generalist

In your office · tactical execution

A hands-on HR presence handling the day-to-day, so your team isn't.

Onboarding, paperwork and employee files
Front-line employee questions
Day-to-day HR administration
Benefits enrollment and payroll coordination

Employee pay (example)$34/hr

IO bill rate (pay × 1.4)$47.60/hr

20 hours a week, monthly average~$4,130/mo

HR Compass, Gold level

Strategic direction · 10 hours a month

A dedicated 20+ year, SHRM-certified HR Director your Generalist can escalate to for the hard calls.

Compliance, terminations and investigations
Trains your HR Generalist, with a seat at the table
High-level HR strategy and advisory

Fractional HR Director10 hrs/month

HR templates, trainings and moreIncluded

Gold Compass plan$1,400/mo

The result: an HR Generalist on the ground with the strategic direction of an HR Director in your corner. Full-coverage HR for a fraction of a full-time HR Manager hire.

	Full-time HR Manager ($100K)	Full-time HR Generalist ($70K)	The IO Hybrid HR model
Tactical execution	Included in salary	Included in salary	~$4,130/mo. Part-Time Generalist at a $47.60/hr bill rate
Strategic leadership	Included in salary	Not included. No senior HR leadership	$1,400/mo. Gold HR Compass, 10 hrs/mo
Employer burden (taxes, benefits)	~$30,000/yr. Adds ~30% to salary	~$21,000/yr. Adds ~30% to salary	$0. Absorbed by IO’s 1.4× multiplier
Total monthly run rate	~$10,830/mo fully loaded	~$7,580/mo fully loaded	$5,530/mo
Total annual cost	~$130,000 fully loaded (1.30×)	~$91,000 fully loaded (1.30×)	~$66,360. And it scales down with fewer hours

Hours flex with your needs: scale the Generalist’s schedule up or down at any time, with no severance, benefits or unemployment exposure. Fully-loaded figures are based on our 2026 true-cost research: payroll taxes, benefits and operating costs put the real cost of an employee at about 1.30× base salary.

Everything HR, one partner.

From the first employee handbook to the CHRO search. Pick a service and the panel above opens on it.

The “How Much HR Do I Need” Assessment.

Your headcount does most of the work. After 30 years we have found it is the single best predictor of how much HR a business needs. Answer a few questions and we show you your fit, with real pricing.

The “How Much HR Do I Need” Assessment

Free. About 3 minutes. Five quick steps, results on screen instantly with real pricing. No drip campaign; one real person follows up.

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